Guy Harrison returns to NRCC

National Republican Congressional Committee Executive Director Guy Harrison is returning to the House GOP campaign arm for a second consecutive cycle.

Harrison, a longtime top aide to NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions, will return to the committee after helping guide the NRCC to a 63-seat pickup during the 2010 election season.

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"Guy's leadership helped us build a Republican majority in 2010, and I can think of no better person to help us build on that success in the next election cycle," Sessions said in a Tuesday morning statement. Johnny DeStefano, who served as the NRCC's deputy executive director, is leaving the committee to take a position in incoming House Speaker John Boehner's office, according to a House Republican aide familiar with the plans.

The NRCC will head into the 2012 election cycle defending the seats of 84 freshmen — more than 50 of whom won their seats with less than 55 percent of the vote. The next election cycle will also be complicated by the forthcoming congressional redistricting process.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced last week that Robby Mook, a former top staffer on Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, will serve as executive director during the 2012 cycle. Mook replaces departing DCCC Executive Director Jon Vogel.